Brit delivery driver guilty of plotting 'Lee Rigby-style' attack on US army

A delivery driver who planned a "Lee Rigby-style attack" on US soldiers has been found guilty.

Junead Ahmed Khan 25, came up with a plan to cause a car to crash to coax soldiers out of their vehicles then hack them to death with a hunting knife.

He planned to travel to Syria and join ISIS with uncle Shazib Ahmed, but turned his attention to the UK when his delivery driver job for TRG Logistics took him past RAF bases in Norfolk and Suffolk.

He used encrypted messaging app SureSpot to seek guidance from Junaid Hussain, a British-born jihadi and computer expert.

Hussain was a key recruiter of foreign fighters before he was killed by a US airstrike in Raqqa last August.

In messages from July last year, Khan told Hussain: "When I saw these US soldiers on road it looked simple but I had nothing on me or I would've got into an accident with them and made them get out of the car.

Hussain replied: "That's what the brother done with Lee Rigby."

Junead Khan and Shazib Ahmed exchanged thousands of messages with Hussain, who was married to 45-year-old punk rocker turned jihadist Sally Jones.

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HORRIFIC: Junead Ahmed Khan was planning a 'Lee Rigby-style' killing

“The fact that he (Shazib) did not actually go before being arrested last July makes no difference to this charge”

Max Hill, QC

He came under surveillance from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command after attending lectures by extremist preachers.

He was offered help but instead became more embroiled in the extremism and started liasing with Daesh fighters.